Leicestershire Census & County Genealogy Records

Leicestershire, inland county of England, bounded N. by Notts, E. by Lincolnshire and Rutland, SE. by Northamptonshire, SW by Warwickshire, and NW. by Derbyshire; greatest length, about 44 miles; greatest breadth, about 40 miles; area, 511,907 acres, population, 321,258. Low undulating hills cover the surface of the county, the highest elevation being Fardon Hill (902 ft.), in the Charnwood range. Charnwood Forest, in the NW., is now nearly destitute of trees. The principal rivers are tributaries of the Trent, which flows in the NW. of the county; these are the Soar, Wreak, Anker, Devon, and Mease. The Avon and Welland flow in the S. Two canals, the Union and the Grand Union, are connected with the Grand Junction Canal. Much of the soil is loamy, and the richest districts are kept in pasture, upon which are reared the varieties of sheep and cattle for which the county is famous. Dairy farms are numerous, especially in the vicinity of Melton Mowbray, where the well-known Stilton cheese is largely produced. Leicestershire consists mostly of the new red sandstone formation. The coal measures have a total area of ahout 15 square miles, the most productive mines being in the neighbourhood of Ashby de la Zouch. Hosiery is the leading manufacture, the wool employed being that of Leicestershire sheep. [Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]

 

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Leicestershire, England Census Records
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• 1841 Leicestershire Census Records ;
• 1851 Leicestershire Census Records ;
• 1861 Leicestershire Census Records ;
• 1871 Leicestershire Census Records ;
• 1881 Leicestershire Census Records ;
• 1891 Leicestershire Census Records ;
• 1901 Leicestershire Census Records ;
  

 

Leicestershire Parish & Probate Records

Leicestershire marriage licences
Leicestershire marriage licences
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Leicestershire, England: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in England and Wales, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
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Leicester, England History, 1876
Leicester, England History, 1876
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Leicester and Rutland History, Gazetteer, and Directory, 1863
Leicester and Rutland History, Gazetteer, and Directory, 1863
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Leicestershire Civil Parish Index and Parish Census Records

Ab Kettleby Alexton Ansty Arnesby Asfordby Ashby de la Zouch Ashby Folville Ashby Magna Ashby Parva Aston Flamville Aylestone Baggrave Bagworth Bardon Barkby Barkby Thorpe Barlestone Barrow upon Soar Barsby Barton in the Beans Barwell Beaumont Leys Beeby Belgrave Belton Belvoir Bescaby Billesdon Bilstone Birstall Bitteswell Blaby Black Friars Blackfordby Botcheston Boundary Bradgate Brampton Ash Branston Braunstone Breedon Breedon on the Hill Brentingby Bringhurst Brooksby Broughton Astley Bruntingthorpe Buckminster Burbage Burrough Burton Lazars Burton on the Wolds Burton Overy Bushby Cadeby Carlton Carlton Curlieu Castle Donnington Castle View Catthorpe Chadwell Charley Clawson Claybrooke Cold Newton Cold Overton Coleorton Congerstone Cosby Cossington Coston Cotes Cottesbach Countesthorpe Cranoe Croft Cropston Croxton Keyrial Dadlington Dalby on the Wolds Desford Diseworth Dishley with Thorpe Acre Donington le Heath Drayton Dunton Bassett Earl Shilton East Langton East Norton Eastwell Eaton Edmondthorpe Elmsthorpe Enderby Evington Extraparochial Fenny Drayton Fleckney Foston Foxton Freeby and Melton Mowbray Frisby Frisby on the Wreak Frolesworth Gaddesby Garendon Garthorpe Gaulby Gilmorton Gilroes Glenfield Glenfield Frith Glenn Parva Glooston Goadby Goadby Marwood Gopsall Great Bowden Great Dalby Great Glenn Great Stretton Gresley Grimstone Groby Gumley

Hallaton Halstead Harby Harston Hathern Heather Hemington Higham Higham on the Hill Hinckley Hoby Holt Holwell Horninghold Hose Hoton Houghton on the Hill Hugglescote Humberstone Huncote Hungerton Husbands Bosworth Ibstock Ilston Ingarsby Isley Walton Kegworth Keyham Kibworth Beauchamp Kibworth Harcourt Kilby Kimcote Kimcote and Walton Kings Norton Kirby Bellars Kirby Frith Kirkby Mallory Knaptoft Knight Thorpe Knipton Knossington Langley Priory Laughton Launde Leesthorpe Leicester Leicester All Saints Leicester Forest East Leicester Forest West Leicester St Leonard Leicester St Margaret Leicester St Martin Leicester St Mary Leicester St Nicholas Leire Linley Little Dalby Little Stretton Lockington Loddington Long Whatton Longdale Loughborough Lowesby Lubbesthorpe Lubenham Lutterworth Marefield Market Bosworth Market Harborough Markfield Medbourne Melton Mowbray Merevale Misterton Monks Kirby and Brockhurst Mountsorrel North End Mountsorrel South End Mowsley Muston Nailstone Narborough Neasham Nether Broughton Nether Seal New Parks Newark Newbold Saucey Newbold Verdon Newton Burgoland Newton Harcourt Newton Nethercote Newton Unthank Newtown Linford Normanton le Heath Normanton Turville North Kilworth North Thurmaston Norton juxta Twycross Noseley Oadby Oakthorpe Odstone Orton on the Hill Osbaston Osgathorpe Owston Peatling Magna Peatling Parva Peckleton Pickwell Plungar Potters Marston Prestwold Quenby Queniborough Quorndon Ragdale Ratby Ratcliffe on the Wreak Rearsby Redmile Rollestone Rotherby Rothley Rothley Temple Rowden Saddington Saltby Sapcote Satterthwaite Saxby Saxelby Scalford Scarisbrick Scotforth Scraptoft Seagrave Seal Sefton Sewstern Shackerstone Shangton Sharnford Sharples Shawell Sheepshed Sheepy Magna Sheepy Parva Shenton Shermans Grounds Shevington Shoby Shuttleworth Sibson Sileby Silverdale Simonstone Simonswood Skeffington Skelmersdale Skerton Slawston Slyne with Hest Smedley Smeeton Westerby Snarestone Snibston Somerby South Croxton South Kilworth South Thurmaston Southworth with Croft Speke Spotland Sproxton St Mary St Nicholas Stalmine with Stainall

Standish Stanford on Soar Stanton under Bardon Stapleford Stapleton Stathern Staunton Harold Staveley Stockerston Stoke Golding Stonesby Stoney Stanton Stonton Wyville Stoughton Stretford Subberthwaite Sutton Sutton Bonington Sutton Cheney Swannington Swepstone Swinford Swithland Sysonby Syston Tarbock Tarleton Tatham Temple Hall The Mythe Theddingworth Thornham Thornley with Wheatley Thornton Thornton Thorpe Arnold Thorpe Langton Thorpe Lubenham Hall Thorpe Satchville Thringstone Thrussington Thurcaston Thurlaston Thurnby Thurnham Tilton on the Hill Tockholes Tonge Tonge with Haulgh Torver Tottington Higher End Tottington Lower End Toxteth Park Trawden Treales, Roseacre, and Wharles Tugby Tunstal Tur Langton Turton Twiston Twycross Twyford Tyldesley Tyldesley with Shakerley Ulnes Walton Ulverscroft Ulverston Upholland Upper Allithwaite Upper Holker Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre Upton Urmston Urswick Walmersley Walmersley cum Shuttleworth Waltham on the Wolds Walton in Knaptoft Walton le Dale Walton on the Hill Walton on the Wolds Wanlip Wardleworth Warrington Wartnaby Warton Warton with Lindeth Wavertree Weeton Welby Welham Wellesborough Welsh Whittle Wennington West Derby West Langton Westby with Plumpton Westhoughton Westleigh Westrill and Starmore Whalley Whatborough Wheatley Carr Wheelton Whetstone Whiston Whittingham Whittington Whittle le Woods Whitwick Widnes Wigan Wigston Magna Wigston Parva Willoughby Waterless Wilpshire Windle Winmarleigh Winstanley Winwick Winwick with Hulme Wistow Wiswell Withcote Witherley Withington Withnell Witton Woodhouse Woodplumpton Woodthorpe Woolston and Martincroft Worsley Worsthorn with Hurstwood Worston Worthington Worthington Wray with Botton Wrightington Wuerdle and Wardle Wycombe Wyfordby Wykin Wymeswold Wymondham Yate and Pickup Bank Yealand Conyers Yealand Redmayne